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'Floradora' rose Description
'Floradora' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
28 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: Floradora
Origin:
Bred by Mathias Tantau (1882 - 1953) (Germany, before 1943).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1944 as 'Floradora'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Floradora'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Salmon-orange.  Cinnabar-red.  Mild fragrance.  25 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, spreading, upright.  Glossy, leathery foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Different opinions on pollen parent (R. multibracteata) - see References.
R. roxburghii very probably correct, as there are sister seedlings 'Käthe Duvigneau' and 'Tantau's Triumph'.
 
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